U2 at the Sphere | Opening song, Opening night | Zoo Station
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2023
- Artist: U2
Performers: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Bram van den Berg
Date: September 29, 2023
Venue: Sphere, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Notes: This was the first ever concert hosted at the Sphere.
Setlist
Lemon Remix
(with elements of Donna Summer… more )
Brian Eno Choral Intro
Set: Achtung Baby
Zoo Station
(a cappella intro)
The Fly
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
(first time since 2017)
One
(with Prince’s “Purple Rain"… more )
Until the End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
(first time since 1993;… more )
Set: Acoustic
All I Want Is You
(dedicated to Larry Mullen, Jr.… more )
Desire
(dedicated to Paul McCartney;… more )
Angel of Harlem
(w/ Van Morrison’s “Into the… more )
Love Rescue Me
(only Bono & The Edge;… more )
Set: Achtung Baby II
So Cruel
(first time since 1992; first… more )
Acrobat
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Love Is Blindness
(first time since 2006; with "… more )
Set: Encore:
Elevation
(followed by Claude François‘ “My Way" snippet)
Atomic City
Play Video
Vertigo
Where the Streets Have No Name
(w/ "Moment of Surrender"… more )
With or Without You
(followed by "thanks" to… more )
Beautiful Day
(with The Beatles’ “Sgt.… more )
Note: First U2 show without Larry Mullen, Jr., Bram van den Berg on drums; first time 'Achtung Baby' performed in full at a show; first performance held at the Sphere - Розваги
Why so many people recording??? Such a remarkable mix of music / technology and people still don't get it. There's a certain magic in experiencing a live concert that often gets lost in the digital translation. When we view the world through the lens of our phones, we inadvertently distance ourselves from the raw, unfiltered beauty of the present moment. 😒
It is true. We all need to be aware of our connection to the music. It was tough, every moment I felt like wow, that is new. Lots of phones it is true.
Yet here you are, watching with the rest of us. Enjoy every minute.
EASY Answer: They don't give a rat's ass about the music, albeit it's hard to get excited about one of the world's most over-rated bands. It's all about showing off to their "friends" that they saw someone famous and here's the proof.
Worst u2 concert I’ve been to. (8) Not because of u2 . The people at the show sat on their asses and filmed everything.
I've seen the ticket prices,.. I do understand the tension of - personal recording, but - one can never capture the sphere and what it does..
So why not lean back and inhale the moment!
Not a phone in sight...beautiful.
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All these people, looking through their phone’s and not taking in the moment
Usually I would agree. In this case it was simply so overwhelming. I think it was a sort of coping mechanism. It was an incredible site, with so many incredible sights.
I held my iPhone high above my head while watching this at home and it felt like I was there. 🙅🏽♂️
I'm happy you were able to have that experience.
Literally EVERY person with their cell phone up getting a crappy video identical to the person next to them.
It is a slightly different video and slight less or more crappy, to be fair.
Slowly, he lifts the wraparound blaxploitation sunglasses out of his pocket... AND THE FLY IS BACK! Haven't seen you baby since '92, BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.
I will never put on my sunnies the same way again. Bono changed my approach!😂
I remember seeing them on Liveline on RTE about 1978/79? They've come a long, long way. I cut the Edge's grass on Frankfort Ave. in 1982. He still owes me 50p. Larry walked past me outside Shennigans in Skerries ten years later carrying a tray of pints for his biker mates. So there.
With inflation that 50p could have bought you a ticket to this show 😁
What makes you believe ANY of the people holding up their phones, aiming them, were there at all?
Twas Youngline actually
Put down your phone, enjoy the show, and buy the DVD for later. Why would I want to look through a sea of everyone else's arms?
This comment wins the Internet, for today.
No shit back in the day we used to use lighters
Totally agree - NOTHING more annoying than some stupid @sshole holding up his stupid phone all the time in a concert!!
Absolutely, trust your own eyes!!!!
The worse I’ve seen was at a Dead Daisies gig in Glasgow when some idiot had his phone on a selfie stick held up for the whole show!
Saw them during the ZooTV tour in 92 or 93 in Dallas when he called George Bush. Best concert. Then saw them for Pop Mart concert at the Cotton Bowl. Elevation concert was good as well at Jerry World (AT&T). Last concert I saw U2 at was IE tour in Madison Square Garden. What an atmosphere.
still sounding great after almost 50 years...... since 1976 ? i think? solid vocals, solid instrumentals....
Truly impressive.
geezzz, put your phone away and enjoy the show already!!!
Your comment seems to assume that someone with their phone out isn't enjoying the show. For some people it enhances their show experience.
@@GuitarManUpstairs that's BS. people spend more time recording than watching the show and then NEVER watch the recording.
El brilli brilli le va genial a U2.
Agreed re the phone carry on , I’d be pissed off if I was behind them
Sometimes when I feel myself getting angry over things out of my control I attempt to put myself in the other person's shoes. It has at times helped me develop a healthy perspective and been a better experience for me.
They sound amazing, awesome show !!!
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Very cool.
Ik ben blij voor de Nederlands drummer Bram van den berg, dat hij mocht mee doen.
I worked for them on the ZOO TV tour 1992
Ok
Wow..what did you do?
I was a local crew my first ever show i was 23 years old! Saw the band soundcheck etc saw them arrived at the venue. I was working on sound@@CutiePie-hh3gg
no one cares, this isn't all about you
Looks like a spectacular place to see a show!
Too many inputs that eclipse the artists. The place is impressive but I’d rather prefer other places for a concert. I’ve seen U2 four times live and this has not been their best concert so far. They were younger and on the road most of the time. Anyway both parts very nice but separately, in my humble opinion.
It is!
Zoo Station
(a cappella intro)
The Fly
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
(first time since 2017)
One
(with Prince’s “Purple Rain"… more )
Until the End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
(first time since 1993;… more )
Acoustic
All I Want Is You
(dedicated to Larry Mullen, Jr.… more )
Desire
(dedicated to Paul McCartney;… more )
Angel of Harlem
(w/ Van Morrison’s “Into the… more )
Love Rescue Me
(only Bono & The Edge;… more )
Achtung Baby
So Cruel
(first time since 1992)
Acrobat
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Love Is Blindness
(first since 2006; with "Viva… more )
Encore:
Elevation
(followed by Claude François‘ “My Way" snippet)
Atomic City
Vertigo
Where the Streets Have No Name
(w/ "Moment of Surrender"… more )
With or Without You
(followed by "thanks" to… more )
Beautiful Day
(with The Beatles’ “Sgt.… more )
It’s only rock n’ roll with tinsel on, but I like it 🎸
A giant sea of mobile phones
It's true.
Yes , shame
I think a Pink Floyd concert (any album, but particularly 'The Wall") would be fantastic in this sphere....
Hoy no se sabe disfrutar de los conciertos, con los smartphone! 😔
Normally you’d want to be up front but in this venue, you want to be further back to get the whole experience
I was in section 105 and that was a pretty incredible experience
Bono pulling a Maynard w the shadow up on the stand in the background
I loved that effect.
It's wierd that so many are recording, if I saw that many recording at a concert I woul know that lots of them are going to post it on UA-cam (like this video) so I can watch that.
the stones will be here soon believe me
That would be INCREDIBLE!
INSANE...U2 are INSANE! God bless you guys
I went to this long-awaited show on October 14. I really wish someone had footage of that night.
Still, yes, the first moments were absolutely spine-tingling and electric!
Does anyone know the name of this first song BEFORE Zoo Station?
O M G .......................
Awesome performance and light show ❤
What a sad sight. All those bloody phones. Put them away and enjoy the experience in the now
What about when taking the video enhances someone's experience of the show?
What a contradiction in terms that is. The brain has memory cells for a reason . Try using them instead of relying on technology. @@GuitarManUpstairs
It would cost the band next to nothing to have one well-positioned person take a "fan" video of each concert and post it online, plus a few crew members can take some photographs. No edits. No post production. Let the audience know before the show starts where they can get the video online and that any other video recording will get you kicked out.
I went to a Jack White concert and before the show started there was an announcement that professional photography of the show would be posted online for free and that phones were only allowed during the first song and the last song, unless Jack said otherwise, and an entire arena full of people followed the rules. That was a terrific compromise.
It's not a bad idea. Jack White also took a little too far and actually took people's cell phones away! Which these days that's actually a bit of a safety issue ... because what if the parents have an issue with kids at home and the babysitter can't get a hold of them. I ultimately do agree there was way too many phones out for the U2 show.
I think they can be forgiven considering that it is the very first night at a brand new experience.
all these people on their stupid phones. sheesh.
Yeah it was definitely noticeable. It was hard not to with everything going on. Every time you looked up something else was happening. In some ways all the screens did detract from connecting with the performance
Is anyone watching & being in the moment of being there?
Or are they all filming???
It is possible to do both.
I’m so glad I was young in the 80s and went to concerts then. No one had a phone and few had cameras. I think that, in reality, venues like this should maybe disallow phones and if anyone has one he should be ejected.
Pay $501 a ticket to stand there with a DB holding his phone above his head for 2hrs......and have to stand by hundreds of DBs doing the same thing. Fun
You might consider letting it go. If you don't let it bother you, it won't bother you. Or get angry about it. Your life, I ain't trying to tell ya how to live it.
This part always cracks me up. Put the phone down and just take in the moment. There will be awesome videos with better production values and sound which you can download and save for all eternity. Why can't people just put their f**king phones down and be present.
One can be present and have a phone out. I personally just try to not get distracted by things I have no control over. I try to just let it go.
I like looking at the ratio horizontal vs vertical video takers! All the vertical people will be so disappointed when they try to replay this scene on their big screen TV and see big black bars on the right and left and a little video in the middle.
Truf.
I can tell the people were really into it by the number of phones,.
Truth
Most young folks today don't even KNOW what "being into it" MEANS!!
Just imagine the same scenario for Band Aid - nobody clapping along to Radio Gaga, just fools holding up their phones...
Hi! I am Simonlanga.
From Mozambique and your fan. I would like to buy your DVD U2.
You may want to check the band's website
I love U2, I feel for Larry... If I'd never seen them before and had to see them without him I would BUT I've seen them twice. Hopefully he comes back.
We're all hopeful he joins the residency. 🤞🤞
whats going on with Larry what does he do ??
@@barbpitre6638 Larry is the founding drummer for U2. Apparently he's having some health issues I heard related to a shoulder. Opening night of this residency was the first time in 45 years he had not played a show with.
They made a choice for a Dutch drummer
@@GuitarManUpstairs😮
My 89 year old grampa went and remembered U2 from when he was was a kid. I like super old people trying to sing like before, but come on.
HAHAHAHAHA
Cant wait to check out your music . I'm sure your a much better singer than Bono and way more successful than U2!
your 89 year old grandpa was not a kid when U2 came out, nice try cupcake
Tracklist please !!!!
See here: www.setlist.fm/setlist/u2/2023/sphere-at-the-venetian-resort-las-vegas-nv-63a3fadb.html
Setlist
Lemon Remix
(with elements of Donna Summer… more )
Brian Eno Choral Intro
Set: Achtung Baby
Zoo Station
(a cappella intro)
The Fly
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
(first time since 2017)
One
(with Prince’s “Purple Rain"… more )
Until the End of the World
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
(first time since 1993;… more )
Set: Acoustic
All I Want Is You
(dedicated to Larry Mullen, Jr.… more )
Desire
(dedicated to Paul McCartney;… more )
Angel of Harlem
(w/ Van Morrison’s “Into the… more )
Love Rescue Me
(only Bono & The Edge;… more )
Set: Achtung Baby II
So Cruel
(first time since 1992; first… more )
Acrobat
Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
Love Is Blindness
(first time since 2006; with "… more )
Set: Encore:
Elevation
(followed by Claude François‘ “My Way" snippet)
Atomic City
Play Video
Vertigo
Where the Streets Have No Name
(w/ "Moment of Surrender"… more )
With or Without You
(followed by "thanks" to… more )
Beautiful Day
(with The Beatles’ “Sgt.… more )
Note: First U2 show without Larry Mullen, Jr., Bram van den Berg on drums; first time 'Achtung Baby' performed in full at a show; first performance held at the Sphere
00:45 Is that a drone flying through the back ground? Right to left?
YES! It was flying around the entire show.. about. Look much like a racing drone to me.
I need the discipline to NOT watch this until I get to Las Vegas myself in December! It's not gonna be easy!!
You seem to have failed already 😊😊
Bro I couldn't resist. I'm going in 2 weeks and wanted to avoid spoilers but holy shit, it's amazing
Ha! I stopped after four seconds, honest! @@caroleugis5155
I GET you, hombre!@@andresreyes3916
Good luck, it is a tough challenge your have laid out for yourself. Have a great show!
I really wonder why this wasn't done in the round instead though. It just seems like the venue BEGS for it.
You could put all the cel phones images into super high definition
Love that idea! Like in Dark Knight!
Astronomy telescopes have done it for decades
Know why they’re called U2? ‘Cause when you’re at their concert the guy next to you says, “I can see that U2 have a phone.”
Phones😢😢😢
They replaced cigarette lighters
I miss the zooropa Stage .. .the band looks a bit lost in the Sphere, but maybe oyu have be there to be amazed...
Good thing theres a video playing to keep the people entertained because Bono sounds like s**t
Oh no! You said the secret outloud. It was my first time seeing U2. I didn't feel I had enough context to make that call. I trust your opinion on the topic.
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Is there any chance for a wheelchairdriver handicap disabled person to enter ⁉️
Yes, there are wheelchair accessible sections. Ticket prices for those are another story, unfortunately.
@@TylerBaker1994 I appreciate your info on this.
The venue is 100% ADA compliant. There is an ADA section on the floor with an incredible stage view.
@@GuitarManUpstairs appreciate your detailled answer
Who else But U2 ‼️
Looks like people are more focus on filming than enjoying the show
I believe that your comment makes an assumption that filming the show makes it less enjoyable for the person filming. I'm not sure that that assumption is correct in all situations.
And as far as the number of people filming I agree it's a little redundant kind of like this 15th comment on this video talking about how many people are filming.
2:06 virtual bird.... o real??
Do you mean the drone that was capturing video?
Pink Floyd doing the wall in the sphere
YES! YES! YES!
Bob Dylan has no phone clause at shows. He’s right. Who wants to pay for immersive experience then view on a 5 in screen?
Well that's certainly a point of view. It's important for all of us to have a POV. It's also important that we allow freedom and liberty.
To your question it seems to me that either people disagree with your assertion that they are viewing it on a 5-inch screen or that they believe capturing some of the experience allows them to relive their experience later and therefore have a better and perhaps greater experience.
I would also add that both the marketing department at the Sphere and the promotion team from U2 are likely quite happy that so many people took and posted videos to help them get their message out.
I can certainly understand Bob Dylan's perspective, he might do well to remember that back when he decided to go electric that change in technology also wasn't received well. However he pushed forward because he knew that change was inevitable.
Little known fact: Bob Dylan instituted that policy to save himself the embarrassment of having to watch video of himself perform.
All those phones omg....ridiculous.
I miss burning my fingers with a lighter and stars in the sky..,
Those were the days!
Where's the original drummer ??
Larry is not on this residency because of a shoulder injury, is the rumor I've heard. This video is from the first time the band was doing a show without Larry at 45 years.
@@GuitarManUpstairs The temporary replacement is Bram van den Berg. One of the best drummers from Europe.
Don't you just love watching Bonio strutting around like a talentless pole dancer?
Quite the moves indeed
No U2 " magic" from these guys at all. What happened?
Oh dang
Smartphone everywhere, what a pity.....
He has asked people to bring out their phones at timed
We see the Usual Crowd of "I wasn't even THERE -- Too busy recording."
Think on that difference between experience and peculiar planned egoism of showing off you, yourself, so busily planning to impress the world with your inane recording.
Nope, you were never there, just making tiktoks of what breakfast you're having.
We see a hundred youtube uploads of the SAME thing , on a bigger screen than you were viewing it.
Probably different than Woodstock or a close call to Vesuvius and Pompeii. Next time, get under a tsunami to record it. THEN you might become famous for nothing, AGAIN.
Seems to me that many of the artists will move towards the Jack White model of having phones left at the door. Thanks for your comment. Just think, if no one had recorded it, you wouldn't have a forum to post your comment!
Ummmm someone please tell me I am wrong but that isn’t Larry on drums is it???
I just read about Larry omg I had no idea ! I would of never purchased tickets if I would have known it’s not U2 to me without Larry!
Yeah it's not Larry. It's Bram van den Berg. He's quite a good drummer
@@GuitarManUpstairs yeah? Hoping so! Glad to hear the positive feedback on him!
@@GuitarManUpstairs ?? What happen3d to Larry?😊😊
@@GuitarManUpstairs He's a very good drummer.
Pink Floyd
Yeah,I was thinking the same.
@@lesarmstrong4226imagine 🎉🎉
The Wall in this venue.. OMG🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
@@GuitarManUpstairs there isn't many bands that could pull this venue off but pink floyd definitely could 🎷
My wife went to this on Monday and was totally blown away. U2 always put on a great show, though I think Bono is something of a tosser, just quietly. Looking forward to a concert in the Sphere one day.
That's why i will never go to a show like that ..tits with phones held aloft ..🤬🤬🤬
Sounds like you made your decision.
So impersonal
No back line
Oh that makes sense. Yeah I felt that something was missing. The stage was so sparse is what I was saying. You right.
Saw them in the early 90’s (achtung baby tour) and it was amazing. Saw them in 2010 and somehow, somewhere Bono thought I paid $175/ticket to be preached to between songs while we sat in 95 degree temps and 90% humidity in Tampa. He literally had a 10 minute video chat -right after a couple of great songs that had us all up and dancing - with some old rich bastard who happened to be on the international space station and they proceeded to tell us how we all needed to open our wallets and donate more for the starving population of Africa.
Excuse me , Mr Billionaires?? Great way to bring the show to a crashing halt ,Bono.
Every 10 minutes we were yelling “just sing Sunday effin Bloody Sunday already”!!
Muse-the opening act- blew them off the stage that night. I’ll never waste another dime to see them live again.
I liked their entrance, but Bono's aged-rock-star conceit created the taste of vomit in the back of my mouth.
😂😂
Meh. when the stage show outperforms the band..... I'll stay home. thanks anyway. Shit... even the band is caught distracted by the spectacle. fug that
It's true that the tech is still being figured out. Keeping the audience highly engaged with the content is a tough challenge for the art directors working on these shows.
Not very spectacular.😒😒
Sit inside and you'd feel differently..believe me. Now Bono being too old,Probably agree.
Stop with the freaking ageism already! Have you heard the first two released songs from the Rolling Stones? Mick Jagger is 80 yrs old and these songs are better than anything currently out there in music! Bono is only 63. Mad respect to both him and Mick for continuing to rock & roll ... and doing it well!@@JohnMcmillin-br8tk
@@deeice5398 Robert plant quit singing led zeppelin songs because he knew he couldn't be the singer that he was in his twenties..I saw Bono in the early nineties, and his voice and the energy was electric..I saw him again on their last tour and dude,it was pitiful - a sing along..no energy,flat. It's not ageism,it's the reality of life. And by the way I still respect creativity,no matter the age and maybe even more so for that very same reason - I have friends stuck in high school(musically),who couldn't tell you the name of any new music in the last twenty years..and some of it so is so damn good. But who would know - everyone's stuck in high school.
How embarrassing for any performer. To have most of your audience more interested in capturing a video for their friends rather than listening to your music.
the sphere is a HUGE distraction from the concert. nobody is going to be watching the band.
I think they'll figure that part out
*This version just sounded like a steal from The Lion King to me ...*
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Hey! I'm going to create a multicam of the first night of U2 in The Sphere. I love your footage and I would love to use it! Can you send me the original video files? UA-cam doesn't allow email adres in the comments. Can I reach you on twitter or instagram?